Rockstar Co-Founder Dan Houser Is Leaving the Company 13
Dan Houser, co-founder of Rockstar Games, is leaving the company in March after taking an "extended break" in the spring of 2019. "Rockstar Games was founded in 1998, and Dan Houser contributed prominently to the company's successful franchises, including Grand Theft Auto, Max Payne, Red Dead Redemption, and more," notes The Verge. From the report: Take-Two Interactive is the holdings company for Rockstar Games, and it hasn't officially announced the departure yet. Here's the snippet in full, straight from [an SEC document registered by publisher Take-Two Interactive, which first confirmed the news]: "After an extended break beginning in the spring of 2019, Dan Houser, Vice President, Creative at Rockstar Games, will be leaving the company. Dan Houser's last day will be March 11, 2020. We are extremely grateful for his contributions. Rockstar Games has built some of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful game worlds, a global community of passionate fans and an incredibly talented team, which remains focused on current and future projects."
Dang... (Score:1)
So who was the SJW... (Score:1)
...that took him out? Because it looks like Brendan Eich all over again.
This guy. (Score:1)
He gets it.
Re:Dang... (Score:4, Interesting)
GTA V was obviously the beginning of the end. Too much of the effort went to GTA online, which has nonetheless been plagued with problems. But every game has to have continuing revenue generation now. You can't just sell a good game and move on to the next one, apparently. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed playing it, but the writing was on the wall.
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with ever game they've released after GTA 4, ive wondered how they managed to screw up the euphoria physics implementation.
it no longer produces fun/interesting/unique results with NPCs/player models. theyre little more than restrained ragdolls most of the time.
given the tech, its such a comparative advantage theyre wasting.
Prediction (Score:1)
Dan will now go on enjoying a nice vacation.
Within 2-3 years from now, fans of the franchises will be complaining that take-two is only making soulless derivative sequels and are ruining the franchise.
Take-two will blame lackluster on sales on piracy, and use it as an excuse to deploy ultra invasive DRM schemes that basically installs a backdoor even on Stadia streaming clients.
Optionally: 4 years from now, Facebook is caught up buying end users' private informations stolen through the above-mentioned back
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You could also predict that the sun will rise tomorrow morning... would impress me just as much :D.
Gone for a Year Already? (Score:2)
Dan Houser, co-founder of Rockstar Games, is leaving the company in March after taking an "extended break" in the spring of 2019
So nothing they're developing after RDR2 involves him. That's a crippling loss and it's hard to imagine who they could possibly have as a replacement.
I have to agree with Louis Levau:
"If you're an investor, pull out now."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
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Or he took an extended break to see how the company would fare without him. If you're considered critical to the company, it's often required to make sure the company can transition away cleanly. During his break, if it was discovered he was needed, then he's within easy reach. Since he's been gone for a year and I'm guessing things went well without his invo
Rockstar Life (Score:2)
So was he the one mentioned last year that threw parties all the time and if you wanted a promotion you had to hang out at his frat parties? Or was that the other co-founder?